Stefania Milan

University of Amsterdam

Department of Media Studies

Turfdraagsterpad 9

Amsterdam, 1012 XT

Netherlands

http://mediastudies.nl

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The Alternative Epistemologies of Data Activism

Forthcoming in Digital Culture & Society, special issue 'The Politics of Big Data' (2016)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 12 Oct 2016
Stefania Milan and Lonneke van der Velden
University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam
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datafication, data activism, resistance, engagement, democratic agency, Social Movement Studies, Science and Technology Studies

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Ways of Seeing Data: Towards a Critical Literacy for Data Visualizations as Research Objects and Research Devices

Forthcoming in Sebastian Kubitschko and Anne Kaun (eds.) (2016) Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research. London: Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Oct 2016
Jonathan Gray, Liliana Bounegru, Stefania Milan and Paolo Ciuccarelli
King's College London, Ghent University, University of Amsterdam and Politecnico di Milano - DensityDesign Research Lab
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data visualisation, dataviz, critical literacy, data literacy, data infrastructures, STS, science and technology studies, history and philosophy of sciences, media studies, visual culture, data, dashboards

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Data Activism as the New Frontier of Media Activism

in "Media Activism in the Digital Age", edited by Goubin Yang and Viktor Pickard, Routledge (2017)
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 20 Sep 2017
Stefania Milan
University of Amsterdam
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Hacktivism as a Radical Media Practice

in The Routledge Companion to Alternative and Community Media, edited by Chris Atton, Routledge, 2015, pp. 550-560
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 23 Jan 2017
Stefania Milan
University of Amsterdam
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hacktivism, activism, hacking, Anonymous, radical media, media practice

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The Internet as a Global/Local Site of Contestation: The Case of Iran

In Celikates, R., J. de Kloet, E. Peeren & T. Poell (Eds.) 2017. Global Cultures of Contestation. London: Palgrave MacMillan
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 08 Jan 2018
Mahsa Alimardani and Stefania Milan
Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression and University of Amsterdam
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Iran, Telegram, Twitter, Digital Activism, Information Controls

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Technopolitics in the Age of Big Data

in 'Networks, Movements & Technopolitics in Latin America: Critical Analysis and Current Challenges.', edited by F. Sierra Caballero and Tommaso Gravante, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 95-109
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 24 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 23 Jan 2018
Miren Gutierrez and Stefania Milan
University of Deusto and University of Amsterdam
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data activism, Latin America, InfoAmazonia, proactive data activism, agency

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Political Agency, Digital Traces, and Bottom-Up Data Practices

International Journal of Communication, Special Section 'Digital Traces in Context', edited by Andreas Hepp, and Andreas Breiter, Volume 12, 2018, pp. 507-525
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2018
Stefania Milan
University of Amsterdam
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Datafication, Bottom-Up Data Practices, Digital Traces, Political Agency

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Wisdom of the Crowd: Multistakeholder Perspectives on the Fake News Debate

Internet Policy Review series, Annenberg School of Communication (2018)
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Jun 2018
Vidushi Marda and Stefania Milan
Article 19: Global Campaign for Free Expression and University of Amsterdam
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fake news, misinformation, social media, platforms, online content regulation, internet governance, multistakeholder governance, procedural fitness, Terms of Services, chilling effects, censorship, digital literacy, media literacy, civil society

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From Social Movements to Cloud Protesting: The Evolution of Collective Identity

Information, Communication & Society, 18(8), pp. 887-900
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Dec 2016
Stefania Milan
University of Amsterdam
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protest, social media, collective identity, materiality, visibility

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Mobilizing in Times of Social Media. From a Politics of Identity to a Politics of Visibility

Milan, Stefania (2015). Mobilizing in Times of Social Media. From a Politics of Identity to a Politics of Visibility. In Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest, edited by Dencik and Leistert, Rowman & Littlefield, pp. 53-71
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Dec 2016
Stefania Milan
University of Amsterdam
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social media, activism, cloud protesting, collective identity, surveillance, self-surveillance

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Coding and Encoding Rights in Internet Infrastructure. Sociotechnical Imaginaries and Grassroots Ordering in Internet Governance

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 28 Nov 2016
Stefania Milan and Niels Ten Oever
University of Amsterdam and University of Amsterdam
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ICANN, Civil society, Human rights, Sociotechnical imaginaries, Bottom-up design

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Big Data from the South: The Beginning of a Conversation We Must Have

Number of pages: 5 Posted: 23 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 06 Nov 2017
Stefania Milan and Emiliano Trere
University of Amsterdam and Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) - Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
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big data, datafication, South, critical data studies, activism, alternatives

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Liberated Technology: Inside Emancipatory Communication Activism

Stefania Milan (2016). Liberated Technology. In Civic Media. Technology, Design, Practice, edited by Gordon and Mihailidis, MIT Press, pp. 107-124
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Dec 2016
Stefania Milan
University of Amsterdam
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civic media, emancipatory communication activism, social justice, social movements, participation

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Human Rights and the Media/Protest Assemblage

in The Routledge Companion to Media and Human Rights, edited by Howard Tumber, Silvio Waisbord (2017), Forthcoming
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 23 Jan 2017
Stefania Milan
University of Amsterdam
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protest, protest activism, human rights, right to protest, right to communicate, social movements, media studies, social movements studies, cloud protesting, digital rights

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The Materiality of Clouds. Beyond a Platform-Specific Critique of Contemporary Activism

In Social Media Materialities and Protest: Critical Reflections, edited by Mette Mortensen, Christina Neumayer, and Thomas Poell (Routledge, 2018)
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 01 Mar 2018
Stefania Milan
University of Amsterdam
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cloud protesting, social media materialities, infrastructure, collective action, metaphor

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When Algorithms Shape Collective Action: Social Media and the Dynamics of Cloud Protesting

Social Media + Society, July-December 2015 vol. 1 no. 2
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 09 Dec 2016
Stefania Milan
University of Amsterdam
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activism, protest, social movements, algorithms, cloud protesting

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Through a Glass, Darkly: Everyday Acts of Authoritarianism in the Liberal West

International Journal of Communication, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 18 Jun 2018
Arne Hintz and Stefania Milan
Central European University (CEU) and University of Amsterdam
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authoritarian practices, surveillance, surveillance cultures, liberal democracy, internet freedoms

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Internet Architecture and Human Rights: Beyond the Human Rights Gap

Forthcoming (2019) 11(1) Special Issue: ‘Internet Architecture and Human Rights’ Policy & Internet , UNSW Law Research Paper No. 19-10
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 19 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2019
Monika Zalnieriute and Stefania Milan
University of New South Wales (UNSW) - Faculty of Law and University of Amsterdam
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Internet governance, human rights, IGF, ICANN, Internet architecture, DNS, civil liberties

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Stealing the Fire. Communication for Development from the Margins of Cyberspace

in Voice & Matter. Communication, Development and the Cultural Return, edited by Thomas Tufte and Oscar Hemer, NORDICOM, pp. 59-70
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Jan 2017
Stefania Milan
University of Amsterdam
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tech activism, emancipatory communication practices, prefigurative realities, deconstruction of technology, hacker ethics

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Broadening Voices: Grassroots Tech Groups and Policy Objectives for Internet Governance

GigaNet: Global Internet Governance Academic Network, Annual Symposium 2007
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 21 Jun 2016
Stefania Milan, Arne Hintz and Adilson Cabral
University of Amsterdam, Central European University (CEU) and Universidade Federal Fluminense
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Involving Communities as Skilled Learners: The STRAP Framework

Methodological Reflections on Researching Communication and Social Change, edited by N. Wildermuth and T. Ngomba, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, pp. 9-28
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 27 Dec 2016
Chiara Milan and Stefania Milan
Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore and University of Amsterdam
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communication for development and social change, ethics of research, accountability, power, translation

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Big Data from the South(s): Beyond Data Universalism

Number of pages: 17
Stefania Milan and Emiliano Trere
University of Amsterdam and Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro (UAQ) - Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
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datafication, global South, data universalism, agency, decolonial theory, data imaginaries, epistemic justice